July 2016 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

MKIV caption separator, revisited
by Rik Kabel 10 Oct '16

10 Oct '16

Has any progress been made in the past few years implementing modifiable separators for captions under MKIV? This was raised as an issue by (at least) Mojca Miklavec in December 2010 (http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context%40ntg.nl/msg51542.html) and by Andy Thomas 18 months later (http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context%40ntg.nl/msg63937.html) (Their issues with stopper have been resolved. In MKIV it is numberstopper.) Here is an MWE demonstrating the problem. It compiles cleanly, but the separator remains the default period. With MKII, it generates a figure with a hyphen and not a period. \setupcaptions[separator=-] \setupexternalfigures[location=default] \starttext \chapter{Chaptername} \section{Sectionname} \placefigure[here][fig:1]{Caption}{\externalfigure[cow.pdf]} \in{See Figure}{.}[fig:1] \stoptext -- Rik Kabel

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Last version standalone ConTeXt issue.
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 10 Oct '16

10 Oct '16

Hello ConTeXist. In the latest version ConTeXt it stopped working my macros which contents function he once advised me Taco. It is low level lua code. Can anyone advise me what the problem is, eventually. how to replace Lua code in my function to make it work again? Macros worked at least 6 years and now crashes. Here is my function: function thirddata.handlecsv.texmacroisdefined(macroname) -- check whether macroname macro is defined in ConTeXt -- function is used to test whether the user has defined the macro \macroname. If not, it needs to define any default value if token.csname_name(token.create(macroname)) == macroname then return true else return false end end Is there any alternative (ConTeXt like), which is should be possible use in Lua code? Thanx Jaroslav Hajtmar

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problem with \startcolumns[distance=0pt]
by Peter Münster 06 Oct '16

06 Oct '16

Hi, The distance is not 0pt here (MKIV): --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- \starttext \startcolumns[distance=0pt] \input tufte \stopcolumns \stoptext --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- -- Peter

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For the Mac users: AppleScript to launch ConTeXt in a flexile way
by Thomas Floeren 22 Sep '16

22 Sep '16

Hello, Some months ago I wrote a little AppleScript script with one purpose: It should be a flexible script to launch ConTeXt typesetting, independently of the text editor I’m using and it should be capable to typeset the Product file even if I’m currently editing any component file belonging to that Product file. I used it for some time, I improved it, and I shared it with a collegue who also works with ConText on OSX. We’re still using it, many bugs have been fixed and some features were added. The script proved to be very useful for us and I thought, why not share it with the other Mac-ConTeXt people? So here it is: https://www.wuala.com/tflo/Scripts/Ctx%20Typeset/?key=75QkpizhdpFS As already said, the main purpose of the script is to launch the Ctx typesetting process (short: Ctx) on a file. Regarding the “a file” the script is very configurable and flexible: A) It can launch Ctx on a file currently opened in your text editor. It works with many text editors (BBEdit, MacVim, TextMate, etc.) as long as the editor is the frontmost process. B) It can launch Ctx on the parent Product file of the component file currently being edited. Defining a “Product file” can either be done semi-automatically or by hard-definition with two swappable register slots. C) If no eligible file is opend in an editor it will launch Ctx on the currently selected tex file in the Finder. The options added in the course of time are: A) Usage of a ConTeXt-Beta or a ConTeXt-Current installation, swappable B) Typesetting in the non-interactive shell or in the visible terminal C) Notifications D) Selection of PDF viewer (Skim, Preview, Adobe, …) E) Automatically calling the PDF viewer or not F) Optionally excluding generated PDFs from TM backup G) luatex or luajitex H) Beeps or no beeps, and so on I) Many other things, explained in the Description Also some features (“Tools”) have been added: A) Purging files including generated PDFs B) Info on the used Ctx version C) Updating the Ctx Minimal (Beta or/and Current) and archiving the old one D) Syntax Check E) Make formats, listing fonts, other, … F) Some extras added in the Extras folder (synctex with BBEdit etc.) G) Much more in the Description Some caveats: A) It works only on OS X B) The script is designed to work with 10.9 (Mavericks). It should also work with 10.8 (old notification via 3rdParty is still implemented). C) Out of the box it works only with the so called “ConTeXt Minimal Installation” (aka ConTeXt Standalone). It won’t work with TeXLive installations or any other kind of excessively screwed-up installations. But you can go into the script to make it work with anything. D) In order to get access to any text editor the script makes use of GUI scripting: you have to liberate the rights in the corresponding OS preferences. This may sound risky to you but the code is open so you can assure yourself of what the script does. E) You have to (and you really should!) read the Description that comes with the script. If you are enjoing the script please share it here, if the script is buggy, or doesn’t work for you at all please let me know too, please. Thank you best wishes -- Thomas

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columnset and placefigure
by Henri Menke 20 Aug '16

20 Aug '16

Dear list, I'm using columnsets to typeset stuff for a conference poster. I can't use paragraphs or columns, because these do not allow to set frames or backgrounds. Currently I do not use the column-spanning features, but I might in the future. The thing is, when I place a figure using `\placefigure` and the column distance is too large (i.e. the columns too narrow), the figure is not placed on spot but flushed to the next page. I'm unsure what the exact value for this threshold is and based on which criteria the figure is flushed. While this is not a problem in a normal document, it is for sure for a poster (I have not seen any multi-page posters yet). Please find below an example to illustrate my problem (with version 2016.05.17 19:20 from TL2016). Cheers, Henri --- \definecolumnset[threecolumn][n=3] \startmode[bug] \setupcolumnset[threecolumn][each][distance=3cm,frame=on] \stopmode \startnotmode[bug] \setupcolumnset[threecolumn][each][distance=2.999cm,frame=on] \stopnotmode \setupcolumnset[threecolumn][1][distance=0pt] \starttext \startcolumnset[threecolumn] \placefigure[force,here]{}{\externalfigure[cow][width=\textwidth]} \column \stopcolumnset \stoptext

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placelocalfootnotes breaks center alignment
by Henri Menke 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

Dear list, sometimes, one wants to place footnotes in a table which then appear right below the last row. Therefore ConTeXt ships the clever `\start...\stoplocalfootnotes` mechanism. Unfortunately, putting `\placelocalfootnotes` outside of the table breaks the centering of the table itself. For illustration please see the example below. How can I have my table centered while the footnotes are either left-aligned with respect to the left border of the table or left-aligned with respect to the page (whatever is easier)? Cheers, Henri --- \starttext \startplacetable [title={some table}] \startlocalfootnotes \startTABLE \NC Content\footnote{Footnote} \NC\NR \stopTABLE \placelocalfootnotes % commenting out unbreaks alignment \stoplocalfootnotes \stopplacetable \stoptext

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TEI to context XML mappings?
by Mica Semrick 14 Aug '16

14 Aug '16

Reading the docbook thread earlier today reminded me to ask this: Is there any feature or script that anyone can share that will read in an XML document and spit out a blank mapping file? Thanks! -m

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\mainlanguage[pe]
by Mohammad Hossein Bateni 01 Aug '16

01 Aug '16

Hello, This was lost in the other thread, so I'm starting a fresh one dedicated to the question. 1) \showinstalledlanguages does not show pe/persian/fa or anything like that but it has several arabic variants. was this dropped in MkIV or was there never a persian language environment even in MkII? I thought there were translated labels for Farsi somewhere. 2) In the following MWE, ad-hoc hyphenation using \- works and leads to hyphenation. However, specifying the pattern at the beginning does not have any effect. Am I missing something? \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[dejavusans][features=arabic,range=arabic] \setupalign[r2l] \showframe \hyphenation{سازمان‌-دهی} \starttext %% The above pattern is not used here and the long word moves into the margin. \dorecurse{14}{سلام } سازمان‌دهی مناسب. %% It does work here, though. \dorecurse{14}{سلام } سازمان\-دهی مناسب. \stoptext How can one create a new language? The languages manual <http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/languages-mkiv.pdf> suggests that this is possible. Does that mean I need to send the request to Hans/Wolfgang to create the new entry or can one do so dynamically? Beside the issue of sorting in indices, etc.—which I will get to in due time—having an entry for language pe/persian seems to be necessary to *properly* use \setuplabeltext, etc. Is that correct? Thanks a lot! —MHB

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Math columns in Natural Tables
by Henri Menke 01 Aug '16

01 Aug '16

Dear list, with the old tabulate macros there was the possibility to format columns as math (m for inline, M for display). Is there any possibility to typeset cells in math mode in Natural Tables? This way, the hyphen would be rendered as minus and spacing around relation and binary operators would be consistent (example below). Cheers, Henri --- \starttext \starttabulate[|m|] \NC -4.11\%<0.02\% \NC\NR \stoptabulate %\setupTABLE[???] \startTABLE \NC -4.11\%<0.02\% \NC\NR \stopTABLE \stoptext

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Hyphenation errors (again or still) in recent mkiv
by Robert Blackstone 01 Aug '16

01 Aug '16

Dear all, In the setupfile of my project I have \mainlanguage[en]. The font used is Verdana. With mkiv versions till october 2015 the hyphenation of English words was always correct. The same files compiled with mkiv of july 2016 (version 2016.07.18 16;26) give hyphenations that are definitely wrong. Some examples: begi-nning, pr-ocedure, adequ-ately, st-yle I made some tests with Linux Libertine sans and here also the earlier mkiv's gave correct hyphenations, the july version wrong ones. So it seems that ref. hyphenation something is wrong with this mkiv-version. Or do I now have to use something other than \mainlanguage[en] ? BTW, I found a similar discussion on this list at the beginning of february. Apparently the problem either was not solved or has returned. Thanks in advance for advice. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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